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Sea-lord arranging trials (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordeals

'trials' is the definition.
(I know this)

'sea-lord arranging' is the wordplay.
'arranging' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sea'+'lord'='sealord'
'sealord' is an anagram of 'ORDEALS'.

(Other definitions for ordeals that I've seen before include "Trying experiences" , "Tribulations" , "Difficult experiences, hard times" , "difficult tests" , "Testing experiences" .)

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